Organoids in cancer research

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 407-418

  Drost, Jarno ^a   Clevers, Hans ^a,b,c  

^a University Medical Center Utrecht Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology   (Netherlands)

^b HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c Oncode Institute Utrecht   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC G 418; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; APC PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADHERIN; CADHERIN 1; CARBOPLATIN; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; ENZALUTAMIDE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BASIC RESEARCH; BIOBANK; CANCER CELL LINE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER MODEL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STEM CELL; CANCER TISSUE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS AGENT; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOID; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TUMOR GENE; ADULT STEM CELL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EDITING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEOPLASM; PHENOTYPE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

ADULT STEM CELLS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GENE EDITING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; ORGANOIDS; PHENOTYPE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 85045906626     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: 14741768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41568-018-0007-6     Document Type: Review

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